The Fifth Uncut Playlist Of 2012

Lots of goodness in the playlist this week, but before we get there, a quick heads-up for the new issue of Uncut which should be out about now.

Lots of goodness in the playlist this week, but before we get there, a quick heads-up for the new issue of Uncut which should be out about now.

Besides my last Wild Mercury Sound column (a relief, I must say) on Koen Holtkamp & Chris Forsyth and the Gunn/Truscinski Duo, there’s also a great piece on Neil Young’s “Harvest” at 40, an Amon Duul interview (no umlauts these days, they specify), Richard Lloyd’s take on the making of “Marquee Moon”, Harry Smith, The Gun Club and a Beatles cover story that actually feels, amazingly, pretty fresh; a deep exploration of the Hamburg scene, with plenty of their contemporaries suggesting, provocatively but persuasively, that the Beatles compromised themselves, diluted their powers somehow, after this formative rock’n’roll phase. Interesting reads, though of course I would say that; let me know what you think, anyhow.

Moving on. The Jack White single is very good, I think, and some gold stars for Daniel Rossen and Arbouretum (pictured), too, as well as Crazy Horse…